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Martin:

Do you happen to know who did the bodywork? It looks a lot like Carmichael, but is not exactly the same as most of their builds on D series chassis.

Added by Rob Johnson on 16 May 2018.

Always seems as though the cab rear doors are a bit of a tight squeeze for the crew to enter/exit the cab especially if fitted out with BA??

Added by James Carney on 03 September 2020.

The bodywork was done by the Brigade Workshops to their own specs. I served at Alnwick during the 1980's and we had two of these with the same bodys. Cheap and not so chearful. Late 80's replaced by a Ford Angloco, which was soon replaced by a Commer automatic, which was a big improvement. This one was the retained appliance.

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Added by J G Mackay on 11 December 2022.

Need a ladder to get in it!

Added by CraigW on 14 December 2022.

It seems to have a few already.

Added by Rob Johnson on 14 December 2022.

These were all originally built by three commercial coach builders. Hallowell, Killingworth Coachworks and finally North Eastern Coachworks. Owing to them later suffering from severe corrosion the rear bodies were rebuilt in the brigade workshops as this example shows. There were no Commer automatics. They were Dodge Commandos.

Added by Ronald Henderson on 16 December 2022.

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